Solent Mind
Associate Counsellor (Self Employed) - Open Minds
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Service: Open Minds
Contract: Self-employed
Salary: £18.75 per hour (standard) + £11.25 enhancement pay for care leavers clients
Location: Southampton, Winchester or remote
Interview date: week commencing 17 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 09 August 2026 (11.59pm)
About the role
Open Minds provides accessible, compassionate support to individuals and couples for a broad range of concerns. This is our new low-cost counselling service.
As an Associate Counsellor you will deliver high quality, safe, ethical counselling sessions within Open Minds. The role involves supporting individuals with a range of emotional and psychological needs, applying counselling principles within your trained modality, and helping clients work towards meaningful goals and improved wellbeing.
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You will provide individually tailored therapeutic interventions, robust risk management, and relapse prevention planning, while working collaboratively within a multiagency environment to ensure the best outcomes for clients.
About you
You will need to have a diploma in Higher Education in Counselling (2 year level 4 or Level 4/ equivalent). You will have evidence of 100+ supervised counselling hours (minimum for newly qualified counsellors), as well as a membership of a recognised professional body (e.g. BACP).
You have experience delivering counselling to clients with a range of presentations, including mild to moderate mental health difficulties, as well as experience managing a caseload.
You must have experience of maintaining confidential, accurate records in line with GDPR.
You will have a good communication, teamwork and organisation skill.
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About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.
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